The Race Is On!
Length 5m (16.40 ft)
Width 1.6m (5.25 ft)
Height 1.02m (3.33 ft)
Wheelbase 2.00 m (6.59 ft)
Track 1.34 m (4.41 ft)
Weight 170 kg (375 lbs)
Frame 6061 Aluminum
Body Carbon fiber/honeycomb composite
Suspension Front - Unequal length A-Arms
Rear - Four link/trailing arm hybrid
Shocks - Fox Shocks DHX 5.0
Steering Rack and pinion
Wheels NGM Aluminum rims
Tires Dunlop Solarmax D850
Brakes Front - Redundant hydraulic system, using SRAM Avid Code 5 bike calipers
Rear - Regenerative braking through hub mounted motor
Solar Cells Galium Arsenide from Emcore
Array peak rating 1400+ watts
Motor NGM
Peak power 10 km
Operating range 99-130V, 0-80 amps
Race speed 60 mph
Max speed 80+ mph
Motor controller NGM
Power Trackers 6x AERL Mini-Maximizer Race Trim, 400W
Batteries Kokam Lithium Polymer, 130 volts 6P31S, 25 kg weight
Telemetry Active systems monitoring via onboard computer
System Extended operating tempterature (-40C to +85C) Parvus PC-104 based PC
Processor AMD Elan 133MHz x86
RAM 64MB RAM
Storage 1GB solid-state hard drive
Software Highly-customized (stripped and optimized kernel) linux distribution with a custom software for collecting and storing sensor data
Chassis Computer is encased in a light-weight EMI shielded aluminum case
Communications Wireless communications are hardware encrypted, MAC address controlled over 1-20 mile range
Monitoring realtime data viewing and analysis via laptops in chase vehicle